Sandia SWiFT Wind Turbine Manual

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1432434· OSTI ID:1432434

White, Jonathan ^[1]; LeBlanc, Bruce Philip ^[1]; Berg, Jonathan Charles ^[1]; Bryant, Joshua ^[1]; Johnson, Wesley D. ^[1]; Paquette, Joshua ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

The Scaled Wind Farm Technology (SWiFT) facility, operated by Sandia National Laboratories for the U.S. Department of Energy's Wind and Water Power Program, is a wind energy research site with multiple wind turbines scaled for the experimental study of wake dynamics, advanced rotor development, turbine control, and advanced sensing for production-scale wind farms. The SWiFT site currently includes three variable-speed, pitch-regulated, three-bladed wind turbines. The six volumes of this manual provide a detailed description of the SWiFT wind turbines, including their operation and user interfaces, electrical and mechanical systems, assembly and commissioning procedures, and safety systems.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1432434
• Report Number(s): SAND-2016-0746; 661941
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English